August 11, 2014

The Art of War

Is America equipped to fight adversaries that do not follow traditional rules of engagement, that are invisible, that are inherently genocidal? Is America prepared to fight adversaries who do not practice war as an art or subscribe to an evolutionary approach to battle that is inherently modern of technological?

Yes, the photo (shot and distributed by our military’s Public Affairs shows a Marine trained in martial arts. To the extent those blades evoke the relentless slicing off of heads from the Central African Republic to Northern Iraq, however, it’s that disconnect which powers pictures like this to Mother Jones’s Photo of the Day, and beyond.